The first 15 Airmen killed while serving with 26 O.T.U. were remembered today (30/05/21) at the Wing Airfield memorial site, on this the 79th Anniversary of the first 1,000 Bomber Raid that took place on the night of 30th/31st May 1942.  The 15 names of those who died were read out in their memory, and a minuets silence was held as an act of remembrance. The 15 Aircrew lost this night were as follows. Flying Officer WILLIAM ROBERT HUMPHREY WHITING Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Sergeant JOHN HARTAS GEORGE GARRICK Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Sergeant JAMES MILTON HALL Royal New Zealand Air Force Sergeant RICHARD CHARLES WILLIAMS Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Sergeant ALLEN NORMAN YOUNG Royal New Zealand Air Force Flight Sergeant EDWIN JOHN FORD Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. D.F.M. Pilot Officer DOUGLAS CLAUDE AUGUST Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Flight Sergeant FREDERICK FRANK BARKER Royal Air Force Flight Sergeant JOHN THOMPSON Royal Air Force Sergeant JOHN JAMES DIXON Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Sergeant BRIAN BUCHANAN CAMLIN Royal Air Force Sergeant DENNIS HOWARD FLETCHER Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Pilot Officer ARTHUR CYRIL WHITE Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Sergeant DAVID STANLEY BONNER VINCENT Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Sergeant HECTOR LESLIE SMITH Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve We will remember them.